Losing your job is not easy. Telling others about it isn’t easy either. I know. I’ve been there. Going through this almost 6 years ago, I know that this in-between space comes with a mixed bag of emotions. I was excited to start a new chapter. I was grateful for the extra time and money […]
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Let’s face it. We drown ourselves in more and more information, fill every empty block in our calendar with a webinar that interests us, and proudly tell the world that we invest in our own development. And when asked why you should be hired for a position where you have little or no
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When the going gets tough, the tough gets going, so they say. It’s easier said than done, don’t you think? It is especially tough when your account balance is running low, your boss keeps giving you more work yet you’re underpaid, none of your prospects have called you back, or you just can’t seem to find
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Career failures? I’ve got plenty. In my my article, “Career Talks: What we don’t usually talk about (that we really should be talking about” I shared the real stories beneath every career decision, transition, job search, etc. that we don’t usually talk about. In August, I joined Calm Collective Asia’s campaign #StrengthInVulnerability and shared the story of one of the most
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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. – African Proverb I don’t think I ever read a celebratory social media post nor heard a victory speech where the person said, “I did it all by myself!” Have you? Typically, there would be a long list of
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Are your ways of working outdated? We regularly measure and monitor performance of individuals and teams through scorecards and dashboards. At the end of a project, the team schedules a debrief, or in agile, a retrospective meeting. The team usually asks questions like, what worked, what didn’t work and what can be done differently next
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Do you struggle to get your team to take action? Is your team overly dependent on you, thus making you unable to take a day off from work? Do you end up doing all the work just to get results? I get you. One of the biggest challenges of leadership is getting results
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Being a leader is hard. More than a decade ago, at a very young age, I became a manager. I was used to getting great results as an individual contributor, by myself, through my own good work. So when I became a manager it was a major struggle for me, a Type A employee,
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When I think of strong leaders, I imagine men and women of steel. Those who are unfazed by trials or challenges. Those who can make tough decisions without batting an eyelash. I used to wonder whether these strong leaders also felt guilt, hurt or defeat. Then I remembered the song “Warrior is a Child,” which I
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“I call the shots here, don’t I?,” said the boss to my colleague. And right then and there, the conversation was over. With her head down, mouth shut and tears rolling down her cheeks she walked away. Does this story sound familiar to you? It comes in many different forms too, but all leading towards
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